| November 2024 Volume 52 No.4 | | Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy. | | | __________________________________ |
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Make YOUR Voice Count
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Don’t forget to vote in the upcoming Presidential Election on November 5, 2024!
View recordings and information on YOUR Ballot issues and Candidate Forums here.
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Vote with the League this November!
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Read LWVC recommendations for the statewide propositions.
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The November 5th election is here!
If you have already voted, thank you. If you can, please help others to vote.
Resources:
Please share these through your email and social media and conversations:
- You can find the recordings of our candidate forums as well as our Pro/Con forums on our website at LWVCS.org/Election-Forums
- Understand what is on your ballot and find other valuable information on Vote 411.
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Thank You To Our Spectacular Voter Services Team.
- Please join us in thanking our Voter Services team for all their work on the Forums.
- Pam has taken our Voter Services work to the next level in organization and helped improved our reach into the community.
- Dan & Nina were brand new to the team and took on research and support of our candidate forums as well as the Pro/Con Forums.
- Marieann, Marilyn and Allison helped with the promotion through our website, Eblasts, outreach to other nonprofits and news organizations.
- Debbie handled the Zoom and social media.
- Bruce and Dan acted as timekeepers and provided logistics support.
- Polly, Tracey, and Elaine served as Moderators.
- Nina also organized about 20 volunteers to help pick up ballots from nearby ballot boxes and securely deliver them to the Registrar of Voters Office. This will be happening from Nov 2 to Nov 5.
- We also appreciate the other organizations that supported us through advertising our forums or providing space for us to host a Forum.
Election Night Observation
One of the most inspiring activities is to observe election night at our Registrar of Voters Office. Elaine will be there. If you’d like to go with her or meet her there, please let her know in advance at president@lwvcs.org
We leave you with these words of wisdom as we wrap up this election:
“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
In League,
Elaine & Tracey
Your Co-Presidents
| __________________________________ | | LWVUS & Coast to Coast News |  | Election Items From LWV US, California - League Continues to Protect Democracy:
Phonebank with LWV of Arizona
LWV of Arizona needs support calling thousands of women voters and empowering them to vote early! Phonebanking is easy, fun, and can be done from your own home. Register now on League In Action and email organizing@lwv.org with any questions.
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| Help Keep Polling Places Safe and Welcoming! |
California has an established multi-organizational rapid response election protection network. The LWVC is a part of the statewide rapid response network, and local Leagues also have a role. Individuals can also play a part.
If Leagues observe or become aware of any issues with local elections, either in early voting or on Election Day, they should call the LWVC election hotline: 888-870-VOTE.
- On Election Day, League staff will be covering the phones from the time polling places open until they close.
- During early voting, the phone will have coverage during normal business hours.
Once a situation is reported to the LWVC via the election hotline, they will then activate the rapid response network to assess and address the situation. LWVDV has designated a contact person if LWVC determines that there is a need for local Leagues to act on a problem.
Anyone seeing a problem can call or text the national nonpartisan hotlines provided by 866-Our-Vote:
- From Around the Country:
News Literacy Project - Misinformation Dashboard: Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024.
- From Santa Clara County:
Have YOU Voted Yet?
What Happens after I Register to Vote? From the Santa Clara County ROV
| __________________________________ | | Catching Up On LWVCS Events |
- Check our website for Election Event Details, Registration and Recording Links - It's all There!
- LWVCS Monthly Board Meeting, November 11, 7pm, check website
- LWVCS Coffee Hour - November 21, 11-12, join here to share your voting experiences
- LWVCS Communications Committee Meeting - November 18 2pm, join here
- LWV Santa Clara County Civil Discourse Committee Meeting - November 18,1pm, join here
- And Remember to sign up to help with the LWVCS ROV Election Team here
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LWVCS Coffee Hour -
Informal Conversations related to League stuff.
Join us at our regular third Thursday, November 21st Coffee Hour at 11am here
This month - share YOUR voting and election-related experiences!
You can view recordings from all our Coffee Hours here.
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Have YOU Renewed Yet?
We truly appreciate your past support and hope that you will continue to support our work through your membership.
Membership renewal is uniquely time sensitive this year. Our membership system, including our renewal process, will be changing close to the end of this year. Change can be difficult and we are asking everyone to renew as soon as possible to avoid your annual renewal being caught up in this system change.
Many of our members whose memberships expired in August or will be expiring in the next few months have renewed—Thank you!! If you have not yet renewed and your membership is expiring between now and January, PLEASE renew as soon as possible. Log into your account at www.lwvcs.org to renew.
You can renew early and your membership will still have the same renewal date. For example, if your membership expires on 11/30/24, and you renew on 10/2/24, your membership will be good through 11/30/25.
Questions? Please contact Nina Wong-Dobkin at Membership@lwvcs.org.
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| __________________________________ | | AROUND THE COUNTY and STATE |
LWV Santa Clara County News:
Office of Education News (sccoe.org)
The Future Is Now: Empowering Tomorrow's Voters with Dr. Dewan
Election Connection: Episode 10 - The Future Is Now: Empowering Tomorrow's Voters with Dr. Dewan interviewing with the Santa Clara County ROV
Students can achieve the CA State Seal of Civic Engagement – with 40,000 voting eligible students, pre-registration and registration are a gold constituency to mine!
Today, 19 states and the District of Columbia allow young people to preregister to vote starting at age 16. These states account for more than 50% of teens in the US. Even in the most age-restrictive states, virtually everyone is old enough to register when they are still in high school. The US Department of Education recently published guidance specifically calling on high schools to incorporate nonpartisan voter registration into their programs.
California and New York both have positive permissive laws to allow young people to register, but neither state has effective implementation. As of August 2024, only 20% of 16- and 17-year-olds are preregistered in New York State, and as of July, under 15% were preregistered in California. Special offers to help are here.
How about your children and grandchildren – are they pre- or registered to vote? Check out this website for special support!
- Santa Clara County Office of Education - Visit the SCCOE Newsroom for the latest news and updates. Youth Voter Toolkit link here
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- Mis/Disinformation: How to Recognize and Respond To It - Community Conversations are a joint project of the Contra Costa County Library, LWV Diablo Valley and LWV West Contra Costa County, and CCTV. Check out previous Community Conversation on this topic, Making Democracy Work: Tools for Finding the Facts.
- The League of Women Voters of Sonoma County is pleased to offer a virtual series on how our government works:
Three Sessions
Quickly and easily improve your "government IQ". If you know a lot about government, this series will be a good refresher. If you have been thinking you should learn more about government but never seem to find the time – you’ll love this series!
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Civil Discourse Committee
With LWV & NICD we co-hosted an outstanding discussion on "How to Disagree Better" - you can view it here
Hagai Weiss joined us to share the findings from the Stanford Polarization and Social Change lab that they did on the National Governors Association Disagree Better initiative ads.
Help us with future event planning!
Join our next planning meeting November 18th, 1pm here
Upcoming topics include immigration and mis/disinformation.
Did you miss the Ranked Choice Voting Event with
Assoc. Prof. Jason McDaniel of SFSU
And Steve Chessin, President, Californians for Electoral Reform (CFR)?
View the recordings of prior LWVSCC Civil Discourse events here.
We need your help to make our events a success!
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View the Recording explaining Nov. 5 Ballot Proposition 5 here! This is an interesting dialogue between Matt Regan, Bay Area Council, and Heather Hood, Enterprises Community Partners.
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Catch Up on Monitor Notes
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Latest Public Health Series event: Is Housing Healthcare? - View recording here
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You can view prior event recordings here and
Death vs Dollars Chronic Disease event recordings - here
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Impact of Race and Gender -here
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City Meeting Agenda
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City Council Meeting, November 4th meeting has been cancelled. See updated schedules here.
Contact: cityclerk@cupertino.gov
Agenda link here Contact Phone: 408.777.3223
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Cupertino City Updates
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City Manager Updates here
Sunnyvale City Governance
- City Council Welcomes In-person Public Participation
- To FIND INFORMATION ABOUT COUNCIL & COMMISSION UPCOMING MEETINGS:
- Tuesday, November 12 Council meeting info here.
- Go to https://sunnyvaleca.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx, find the date of the meeting, then click on Meeting Details.
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To join in person and comment:
Council Chambers, City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Call-in: 833-548-0276 | Meeting ID: 961 1158 0540
To provide audio public comment, connect to the meeting online or by telephone. Use the Raise Hand feature to request to speak (*9 on a telephone).
To watch:
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- City of Sunnyvale Top 30 Project Summaries Project Summary List Has Valuable Updates On Priority Projects For Sunnyvale.
Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce events
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LWV Cupertino-Sunnyvale
Board of Directors
Co-Presidents: Elaine Manley & Tracey Edwards
Secretary: acting: Debbie Timmers
Treasurer: Beth Claywell
Voter Service Director: Pam Anderson
Membership Director: Nina Wong-Dobkin
Online Access Team Director: Marilyn Sherry
Technical Services Director: Bruce Kendall
Online Events Coordinator: Debbie Timmers
Director at Large: Polly Bove
Nominations Chair: Marieann Shovlin
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- Have YOU voted yet?
- Next Board meeting November 11, 7pm, join via website link.
- LWVCS Committee leading effort to re-form Leadership Cupertino to develop local leader pipeline
November, 2024 Quote:
“We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth” Abraham Lincoln
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For contact information and more detail visit:
| __________________________________ | Join the League of Women Voters
Voting membership in the League of Women Voters is open to men and women 16 years of age and beyond.
Annual Membership:
$100 Individual member
$50 for each additional member in the same household:
Free for full-time students at this time
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